nesting box – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Female Eastern Bluebird Is Busy Nest Building

By Mia McPherson|March 27th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Eastern Bluebirds, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, bluebird, bluebirds, Eastern Bluebird, female, garden, nest box, nesting box, nesting materials, nesting season, Sialia sialis, spring, suburban, thrush, thrushes, yard|

The female Eastern Bluebird here has been very busy the last three days, bringing in nesting materials by the beakful to place inside the nesting box.

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Tree Swallows Have Migrated Into Northern Utah

By Mia McPherson|March 25th, 2024|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, High Uintas, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Summit County, Tree Swallows, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: adult, aspen, aspens, close up, female, forest, male, mountains, natural, nest, nest box, nesting, nesting box, nesting cavity, nesting season, perched, Populus tremuloides, portrait, Quaking Aspen, spring, Summit County, swallow, swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallow, tree trunk, Utah|

Over the weekend, I read on Facebook that Tree Swallows have migrated back into Northern Utah for their breeding season. I am so excited about that news!

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Return of the Tree Swallows

By Mia McPherson|March 25th, 2015|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Beaverhead County, Birds, Box Elder County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Tree Swallows, Utah|Tags: adult, breeding season, bug eating machines, first of year, flight, flock, flying, male, marsh, migration, nest box, nesting box, phragmites, phrags, refuge, return, spring, stand, swallow, swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallow|

Not only are Tree Swallows colorful and beautiful they are bug-zapping machines and keep the number of flying insects down.

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The Amazing Legacy of the Bluebird Man

By Mia McPherson|July 13th, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Capitol Reef National Park, Centennial Valley, Conservation, Downy Woodpeckers, Montana, Mountain Bluebirds, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Tree Swallows, Utah|Tags: adult, Al Larson, bluebird, bluebird trails, bluebirds, branch, cavity nesters, conservation, Downy Woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens, female, fence rail, juvenile, Mountain Bluebird, nature, nest box, nesting box, nesting material, prey, secondary cavity nesters, Sialia currucoides, swallow, swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, The Bluebird Man, Tree Swallow, wooden rail, woodpecker, woodpeckers, young|

I want to thank Neil Paprocki for sharing information about Al Larson and the upcoming film The Bluebird Man, I have learned a lot from the web site and through my interview with Neil and I am all for learning more about the wonderful natural world around me.

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